Quotes by Bram Stoker

About Bram Stoker:

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel, Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
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It all seems like a horrible tragedy, with fate pressing on relentlessly to some destined end. Everything that one does seems, no matter how right it may be, to bring on the very thing which is most to be deplored.

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Do not fear to think even the most not-probable.

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for I determined that if Death came he should find me ready

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In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

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I suppose it is that sickness and weakness are selfish things and turn our inner eyes and sympathy on ourselves, whilst health and strength give love rein, and in thought and feeling he can wander where he wills.

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There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA.

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If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me.

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It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.

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And when he had crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him.

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These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Through them I have come to know your great E...

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I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.

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It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact. If this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we ...

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It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.

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Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it.

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Miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock.

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It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

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He means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.

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If this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we condemn anyone for the vice of egoism, for there may be deeper roots for its causes than we have knowledge of.

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Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker

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It is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes, and troubles. And yet when King Laugh come, he make them all dance to the tune he play. Bleeding hearts, and dry bones of the churchyard, and tears that burn as they fall, all da...

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Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, 'May I come in?' is not the true laughter. No! he is a king, and he come when and how he like. He ask no person; he choose no time of suitability. He say, 'I am here.' ... Oh, frie...

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Author Bio

  • NameBram Stoker
  • DescriptionIrish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula
  • BornNovember 8, 1847
  • DiedApril 20, 1912
  • CountryUnited Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
  • ProfessionWriter; Journalist; Novelist; Theatre Critic
  • WorksDracula